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greetings citizens and welcome to

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i'm jason mcclellan thanks for hanging

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out with me if you follow ufo-related

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chatter on social media

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you may have recently noticed some

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references to the us government

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working with the japanese government on

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helping japan

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establish an official policy for dealing

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with ufos

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the ufo subject is an exciting one

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we obviously find it fascinating i'm

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talking to you about ufos

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and you're listening to a ufo podcast

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for people interested in this topic

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it's understandable for us to get

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excited when we see news related to ufos

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especially when it's at the government

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level

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this recent news involving the us and

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japan has certainly excited some people

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and naturally some are even viewing it

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as something worth celebrating

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as if japan's government just opened its

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eyes and realized ufos were

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real or like it's some monumental

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progress toward

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grand ufo disclosure and government

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transparency

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on august 29th u.s secretary of defense

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mark esper

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and tara kono the defense minister of

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japan met in guam to reaffirm the

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strength of the alliance between the us

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and japan

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they talked about military things like

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strengthening intelligence and defensive

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capabilities

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on september 8th during a press

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conference minister kono was asked if he

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had a ufo policy

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and if japan was looking to cooperate

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with the united states in the future

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minister kono said he plans to address a

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ufo policy soon

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and that he and esper talked about it

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but he wouldn't elaborate beyond that

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so from this quick q a session we

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learned that

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secretary esper and minister kono may

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have discussed ufos in some capacity

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that minister kono plans to address his

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ufo policy soon

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whatever that means and that japan is

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interested in working with the us in

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some capacity regarding ufos

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that's it anything beyond that is

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assumption at this point

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minister kono appears to be pretty

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skeptical when it comes to ufos

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back in april after the pentagon

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officially released those three ufo

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videos

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minister kono was asked about these

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videos during a press conference

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he responded quote no self-defense force

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pilot has encountered a ufo

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the videos have come from the u.s

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defense department so i would like to

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hear their analysis

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end quote he continued quote

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i don't really believe in ufos end quote

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but he did express interest in

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establishing procedures

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in the event that a ufo encounter takes

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so that explains the recent discussions

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it's awesome to see some potential

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international cooperation when it comes

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to ufos

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of course in this specific context both

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the u.s government and japan are

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primarily assuming that the ufos they

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encounter are from china

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but still international cooperation is a

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good thing

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it does seem odd for the u.s to be

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offering advice when it comes to ufo

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policy though

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i mean let's be honest the us is a [\h__\h]

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show when it comes to dealing with ufos

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our own government agencies and military

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branches don't even communicate with

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or share data related to ufos so this

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country is

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hardly the paragon of ufo policy

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and let's just quickly look at the topic

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of ufos in japan

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of course japan like most countries has

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a long history with ufos

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and ufos have been discussed countless

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by government officials at the highest

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publicly now we're certainly not doing a

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deep dive into this today

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but here are a few quick examples for

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back in 2007 chief cabinet secretary

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nobutaka machimura who was the country's

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top government spokesperson

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told reporters that the japanese

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government had quote

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not confirmed sightings of unidentified

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flying objects believed to be from outer

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in quote but he followed up stating that

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he definitely believes they exist

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in 2015 then defense minister jen

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space during an upper house budget

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he was asked if the military dispatches

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jets to intercept

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extraterrestrial craft he answered quote

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of an unidentified flying object that

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end quote he added that quote they

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birds or flying objects other than

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end quote back in 2007 parliament member

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ryuji yamane stated quote i believe that

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urgent task to collect information and

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confirm the existence of ufos

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security and the public's interest

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and anxiety amid endless eyewitness

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former defense minister shigeru ishiba

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there are no grounds for us to deny

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there are unidentified flying objects

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miyuki harayama this is the wife of

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who is well known for her new age

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inside a ufo here's what she wrote in

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most bizarre things i've encountered

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spirit flew on a triangular shaped

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ufo to venus end quote she added that

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in a letter addressed to a space in ufo

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all human beings on earth are the same

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people regardless of whether they are

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these are just some highlights showing

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that the ufo subject has been discussed

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publicly by government officials at the

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highest levels in japan

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it's certainly not a new thing and it's

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always good to remind yourself that

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contrary to the old american superiority

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the us is behind many countries when it

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and organized ufo study so i'm excited

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by the prospect of

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increasing international collaboration

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something to keep in mind these things

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we're seeing at the government level

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are focused on military and dealing with

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terrestrial adversaries so it's likely

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that any data gathered

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who have a need to see it and it's

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enemy military technology not on the far

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i'm jason mcclellan do us a favor

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friends always treat the ufo subject

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with the cautious and responsible

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skepticism it deserves

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question everything have the courage to

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form your own opinions

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keep truth as the focus of your quest

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even if the truth conflicts with your

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